NEWS ARCHIVE

Who is Latrobe standoff suspect Scott Murphy?

Channel 4 Action News investigative reporter Paul Van Osdol has more on the background of a man killed during an 18-hour standoff with police in Latrobe.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Jul 19, 2013

Who is Latrobe standoff suspect Scott Murphy?

Channel 4 Action News investigative reporter Paul Van Osdol has more on the background of a man killed during an 18-hour standoff with police in Latrobe.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Jul 19, 2013

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT An 18-hour standoff 3 with police-- turns deadly. And tonight-- a demand for answers-- into how it all happened! HERE'S WHERE WE STAND AT 5:30. THE SUSPECT-- 46 YEAR OLD SCOTT MURPHY-- IS DEAD-- AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. HE WAS WANTED IN AN EARLIER ROBBERY-- WHICH SPARKED THE STANDOFF. STATE TROOPER BRIAN KING WAS INJURED DURING THE SHOOTOUT-- BUT HIS SHIELD SAVED HIS LIFE! AND HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TODAY-- TO REMOVE SHRAPNEL FROM HIS EYE. now-- we're learning more about scott murphy's background. investigative reporter paul van osdol is live in the newsroom with what he's uncovered. 3 3 3 3 Murphy was 46 years old and he had a history of minor criminal and financial problems. But there's nothing that suggested the violent confrontation that occurred today. 3 Scott Murphy's Facebook page has several drug references including a game he played called Pot Farm and this quote - "Just how think you stoned I am?" Police say Murphy was apparently looking for drugs when he broke into a Latrobe pharmacy Thursday night - the event that triggered the standoff. Court records show in 2002 Murphy was charged with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, conspiring to receive stolen property. He was sentenced to ARD probation. Also in 2002 he was convicted of retail theft and sentenced to one year probation. Then in 2006 he was convicted of using or possessing drug paraphernalia and received six months probation. Murphy had some financial problems in the past including a 19-hundred dollar court judgment in 1997 and a 44-hundred dollar judgment in 2001. 3 Murphy's wife Lisa died two years ago at age 42 apparently of natural causes. We know he worked a few years ago at Raven Industries, a Latrobe company that makes toner for printing cartridges. Again it is unclear what might have caused him to engage in a violent confrontation with police. Paul Van Osdol Channel 4 Action News. 3

Who is Latrobe standoff suspect Scott Murphy?

Channel 4 Action News investigative reporter Paul Van Osdol has more on the background of a man killed during an 18-hour standoff with police in Latrobe.